Maryland IT Firm Corporate Network Services Wins Three Alliance for Workplace Excellence Awards

POOLESVILLE, Md., June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Corporate Network Services, a Maryland IT firm based in Poolesville is pleased to announce that The Alliance for Workplace Excellence, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded by Montgomery County, Maryland, and Discovery Communications, Inc., has named it an Excellent Place to Work, Health & Wellness Trailblazer and EcoLeader for 2012. 

This is the third time Corporate Network Services has won all three awards, putting Corporate Network Services, a small business, in the same category as Booz Allen Hamilton, Honest Tea, Hughes Network Systems, and Marriott.

"We are always so happy to win these AWE awards," said Brenda Sneed, President of Corporate Network Services. "They validate our efforts to make Corporate Network Services a great place to work for our employees and a great place to do business with for our customers."

The 71 winning companies, who went through a rigorous assessment process led by an independent review panel, represent more than one million employees from organizations of all sizes and in all sectors -- private, public, and nonprofit. In 2012:

• 65 companies received the Workplace Excellence Award
• 45 companies received the Health & Wellness Trailblazer Award
• 28 companies received the EcoLeadership Award
• 19 companies won all three above awards

CNS received their awards at a luncheon held at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center on June 11, 2012. For a complete list of winners, visit http://www.excellentworkplace.org/.

About Corporate Network Services

Corporate Network Services (www.cornetser.com) is a people-friendly, service oriented Information Technology services company founded in 1993 on a dare. The owners challenged themselves to create a new company that would put customers and employees first. Nineteen years later and thousands of happy customers later, that challenge is being met! CNS provides small businesses with technical solutions that are easy to understand and implement for today's demanding organizations. Services include PROSuite® managed services, disaster recovery, networking services, computer consulting and support, IT outsourcing, web-enabled databases, and government contracting.

About the Alliance for Workplace Excellence

The Alliance for Workplace Excellence (AWE) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping companies in the greater Washington, D.C. area become great places to work. It offers member firms a portfolio of products and services, including educational programs, information resources, consulting, mentoring, networking and annual awards. For more information, visit http://www.excellentworkplace.org.

Contact: Karen Kalantzis, 301-948-8077, [email protected]

SOURCE Corporate Network Services